One more quick post – last year I had the opportunity to photograph the UK rock band Arctic Monkeys, who were part of the Fuji Rock lineup that season. They’re pretty famous for getting their big break on Myspace – now they obviously tour the world so it was great to have the opportunity to meet and shoot them for AERA. The press management team gave me the usual ten minutes for the photo but I managed a three-light setup. There was a D1 + 60-inch shoot-thru umbrella behind me for fill-light, another Profoto D1 in a 24-inch softbox slightly camera right, plus an SB-900 and Honl grid right in front of the softbox to give the shadows a bit of an edge. This is something that I’ve been trying out a lot recently – putting a hard restricted light source right in front of a large, soft light source can really give you a lot of control over the quality of the shadows your light creates. Another instance where I’ve tried this technique was when I photographed my family here.
Anyway, thanks for stopping by and I’ll have some more up soon!
